Games of Chance. Firm Attitude of the Police
Experience gained in Australia during the last two years has shown people associated with patriotic and charitable movements that games of chance are a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1916
1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 52
Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 15. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
A first offender was fined 2s 6d, in default an hour’s detention, for drunkenness. A fine of 40s, in the alternative 14 days' imprisonment was recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Humour in the Court
One of the best examples of the spontaneous wit of Sir Edward Carson is, probably, that furnished by an incident which once occurred in Court, when the Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Central Police Court to-day James Wilson was charged with having murdered George Pappageorgi in a George Street cafe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Louth Park Language. Sequel to an Assault Case
This morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, Edmund Bourke proceeded against Owen O'Brien on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 16. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness
Stephen Earl (62), miner, was fined £1, with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Alien Restriction Prosecution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Navvy's Body Found. Inquiries by Police
CESSNOCK, Monday.—The body of Thomas Letcher, navvy on the Ellalong railway works, was found by Thomas Wilmot, labourer, at six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Card Sharping. "Hoop-la Showman" Charged. Police Prosecution Fails
Alexander Mason, on remand, on bail from Friday last, was before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, this morning, charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 18. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)
James Richardson, charged with being drunk, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours' detention. In the Small Debts Court, Percy Ellison…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 18. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Concerning a Rug
William Smith, of Carrington, seaman, was charged, on remand, with having, at Carrington, stolen a rug, worth £1 5s, the property of Donald M'Lean. Evidence…
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Before Mr. Adrian, S.M., at Newcastle, court this morning, Harry Tritton, aged 38, labourer, for in[?]cent behaviour, was fined 30s. in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teralba Police Court
At the Teralba Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. C. F. Butler. S.M., Clarence Green, aged 24 years, pleaded guilty to having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 20. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness
A first offender was fined, 2s 6d, in default five minutes' detention, for drunkenness. Information Discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tottenham Murder. Execution of Kennedy and Franz, Condemned Men Callous
BATHURST, Wednesday.—Ronald Kennedy and Frank Franz were executed in the Bathurst Goal at 9 o'clock this morning for murdering…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Edition. the War. Venizelos to Be Arrested. Charged with Treason. London
Newspapers state that the Greek authorities have issued a warrant for Venizelos' arrest on a charge of high treason…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Revision Court. Constitutionality Disputed. Objection Dismissed
Objection to the constitutionality of the Revision Court to deal with the Cessnock Shire rolls was made by Mr. J. R. Scott, when the court was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Motor Accident. Police Court Sequel. Driver Fined for Drunkenness
The sequel to the mysterious motor accident at tester's Hollow, near Heddon Grets. on the Maitland-Kurri Road, when the motor dashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 20Th. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc
Harry Tritton (38), labourer, for having behaved improperly in Bolton-street, Newcastle, Was fined 30s, in default seven days' imprisonment. William Fulton (45),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Tottenham Murder. Franz and Kennedy Executed. Bathurst
The execution of Frank Frank and Roland Nicholas Kennedy for the murder of Constable Duncan at Tottenham on September 26, took place in Bathurst Gaol at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Haymarket Murder. Sensational Admission. a Plea of Guilty
At the Central Police Court to-day, James Wilson (28), who is now serving a sentence for forging notes and assaulting a warder at Tamworth Gaol, was charged…
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